HAVANA, June 28 (Xinhua) — President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, on Friday highlighted Cuba’s commitment to multilateralism.
“The voice of Cuba is the voice of reason,” the executive stressed during a meeting in Havana with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, in the midst of an official visit to Cuba.
Francis stressed that the Caribbean nation’s representatives always seek to bring balance, perspective and justice to discussions in international forums, and congratulated his government for its work as president of the Group of 77 (G77) plus China.
Cuba did “an excellent job” in representing the interests of the largest group of countries in the United Nations, he said.
For his part, the Cuban foreign minister stressed that the UNGA is the “most democratic” body in the system of universal and equitable participation, and is the place where “the countries of the South” are best heard, where “when we act united and together, we can make the legitimate interests of humanity and of the peoples prevail.”
Bruno Rodríguez commented that, although the General Assembly does not have means of execution, coercive or military, the political and ethical message of its deliberations has “a true influence in the world and a power that should not be underestimated.”
Francis, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, assumed the Presidency of the 78th UN General Assembly in September 2023 with the theme “Restoring trust and reviving solidarity: accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all.”
As part of his extensive work agenda in Cuba, the UNGA president will meet with President Miguel Díaz-Canel and the Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal, among other officials, according to local media.
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